crime

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Maintaining rules against some forms of so-called “character” or “propensity” evidence makes sense when the evidence doesn’t say much about the likelihood the defendant committed the crime at hand.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026

Federal officials allege a visa-fraud scheme in Louisiana involved law enforcement manufacturing false crime reports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Another man, Martin Lang, admitted to more limited involvement in the crime between February and December in 2016 involving £4.8m of tax money.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

As a recipient of the Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellowship from the Missouri School of Journalism, he focuses his reporting on migration, education, crime and justice, and the South Asian diaspora in the Americas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The actor, still masquerading as a Confederate soldier, commented on his own crime and analyzed for the Garretts the motives of Lincoln’s killer!

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson